Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Griffith-Jones, Robin

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Produktbeschreibung

Archbishop Stephen Langton hoped with Magna Carta to realise an Old Testament, covenantal kingship in England. At the Charter's 800th anniversary, distinguished jurists, theologians and historians from five faith-traditions and three continents ask how Magna Carta's biblical foundations have mattered and still matter now. A Lord Chief Justice, a Chief Rabbi, a Grand Mufti of Egypt, specialists in eight centuries of law, scholars and advocates committed to the rule of law and to the place of religion in public life all come together in this testimony to Magna Carta's iconic power. We follow the Charter's story in the religious life of the UK, America and now Continental Europe, and reflections on religio-legal traditions far from the Common Law enrich the story. Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law invites all religions to ask what contribution they themselves should make to the rule of law in today's secular, democratic polities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316290163
• Artikelnr.: 52920359

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. The relevance and resonance of the Great Charter
of 1215 for religions today Robin Griffith-Jones and Mark Hill QC; 2. Magna
Carta Lord Judge of Draycote; Part II. The Birth of Magna Carta and the
Spread of its Principles: 3. Due process in Magna Carta: its sources in
English law, canon law and Stephen Langton John W. Baldwin; 4. From Charter
to common law: the rights and liberties of the pre-Reformation Church
Margaret McGlynn; 5. Magna Carta and the law of nations R. H. Helmholz; 6.
Magna Carta and personal liberty Sir John Baker QC; 7. Towards a new Magna
Carta for early modern England John Witte, Jr; 8. Differences over the
foundation of law in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America David
Little; Part III. Comparative Religious Approaches to Magna Carta's Rule of
Law: 9. Quranic Magna Carta: on the origins of the rule of law in Islam
Wael Hallaq; 10. Justice in Islamic legislation Ali Gomaa; 11. Sharia and
the rule of law: preserving the realm Anver Emon; 12. Democracy and the
power of religion: some lessons from India Sudipta Kaviraj; 13. The still
small voice of Magna Carta in Christian law today Norman Doe; 14. Magna
Carta, rule of law and religious diversity Maleiha Malik; Part IV. The
Contemporary Inheritance of Magna Carta: 15. The development of human
rights thought from Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights Sir Rabinder Singh; 16. Strasbourg's approach to religion in the
pluralist democracies of Europe Javier Martínez-Torrón; 17. The Great
Covenant of Liberties: Biblical principles and Magna Carta Lord Sacks; 18.
The cardinal rule of religion and the rule of law: a musing on Magna Carta
Simon Lee; Epilogue: 19. Strengthened by the rule of law: the message of
Magna Carta for religions today Lord Dyson; Appendix: the charters in
translation.